FG-42/1 FG-42/2, Hei Automatic, AVT-36 AVT-40
are assault rifles
M-16
“safety” (no fire), “semi” (one round per trigger squeeze), “burst” (three rounds per trigger pull), and “full auto” (fires as long as trigger is squeezed)
A semi-auto requires you to pull the trigger for every bullet fired having a semi auto does mode not make it semi-auto the lack of an aut mode does
False 
Because they use full power ammo.
Fine there battle rifles with unbelievable accuracy, whatever they are there broken, full auto should be worse than a LMG for accuracy as you have a lighter weapon. They are not Semi-Autos…
Yes i was wrong they are not assault rifles, but they are not also battle rifles, semi-auto, light machine guns or anything else i can think of
The community calls the SF or Select Fire rifles for good reason.
Type Hei Automatic rifle and AVT-40 are literally modifications of semi-auto rifles.
With that logic you can classify pistols as semi-auto rifles, I know we live in a liberal world and you can claim to be any mental disorder, but firearm classification still has some logic in it.
BTW the main feature of Assault Rifles are the intermediate cartridge.
Not exactly and if you were to pick one and only one feature to be THE main feature, automatic fire of a rifle round that can be shouldered by any GI would be the requirement. Ultimately, there are several main features of an “assault rifle” (intending to use the term correctly in this context; as compared to a “battle rifle” or a “submachine gun.”)
The reason there are multiple main features to an assault rifle has to do with its requirements. An assault rifle needs to perform all squad roles in an assault on a fixed position. The tactical advantages which are presented by such a weapon are numerous. Keep in mind that modern squad tactics in an assault on a fixed position were being figured out real time on the fly during World War II. The strategists had to make their most intelligent guess as to what the next war would look like and they are never completely right.
Let’s pretend we are in very late war Western Allies and we are going to PLAN an assault on a position. What do we need?
• several riflemen with M1 Garands to provide base fire to targets outside carbine range
• several riflemen with M1 Carbines for maneuvering fire to escort the dedicated assault team
• at least one BAR man to provide mass suppression for the main assault thrust
• an assault team armed with submachine guns and shotguns for spraying and praying when inside the target
Logistical nightmare:
-your assault team gets mopped? Fallback unless you’ve got more smgs waiting to try a round 2.
-Your carbiner gets hit on the assault escort? Your assaulter is likely to get pinned down and need a rescue. At the very least, you’ll need to get him some additional escorts
-Have you thought about ammo? Magazines? The carbine takes .30 CAR in its own magazines. The BAR takes .30-06 in its own magazines. The M1 Garand takes .30-06 in an en bloc clip but at least the magazine can be loaded one round at a time from the open bolt position. Tommy guns fired .45ACP. M3s fired .45ACP. 1911 sidearms fired .45 ACP but it was unusual for any soldier but an officer to carry a sidearm. Are you out of .45? Tommy gun is fucked. Out of .30 CAR? Carbiner is fucked. You’d better pray to God you aren’t in such a desperate situation you’re out of .30-06 but that’s probably a bridge too far. The only things that are interchangeable about this situation are that the Tommy can fire sidearm ammunition and a BAR magazine can be loaded with standard issue .30-06 from any rifleman.
So…enter the assault rifle.
YES, it has an intermediate cartridge because the M1 Garand was designed to provide enough punch to a horse at 500 yards to stop a cavalry charge. That’s an obsolete feature. …45 Auto Colt is purely a pistol round and is only effective in an assault by rapidly deploying multiple projectiles into the enemy’s chest. The .30 Carbine is punchier but not stout enough to maintain killing power at the fringe of combat range. Something with better stopping power than .30car but without the recoil of .30-06 was demanded.
An assault rifle needs to operate its own action (automatic fire obviously requires this, but it is worth identifying separately because it was an Ordnance requirement during the “Light Weight Rifle” era that ultimately transformed into the
An assault rifle also must support automatic fire mode for cqb. When an enemy is inches to feet away from you, it’s not good enough to get a kill shot; you need to issue lights out so that his trigger finger doesn’t work on his way to the dirt. 3 to the chest with one pull does it
needs to be light enough and short enough to use while maneuvering an approach or in a building. The reason the carbines were used for this role in WW2 was that the shorter body of the rifle compared to the Garand made it much more practical for the task. The lesser weight made it easier to carry at a full sprint under fire. The lower recoil made it easier to fire effectively while on the move. An assault rifle has to perform at least as well in these tasks
Blah blah blah other things too, but those are the majors
Assault rifle implies they are firing intermediate cartridges. Battle Rifle implies that they are firing full-powered rifle cartridges. That is why they are not assault rifles.
They are select-fire rifles/battle rifles. They should have much more recoil, but then again pretty much every weapon in the game has way too little recoil and way too quick reloads compared to real life.
Then being classified as semi-auto rifles in the game is just something you should just ignore.
I wish the damn FG-42 where in full auto since start of game…
The problem is, that these weapons often handle as an assault rifle. You dont really feel the full sized rifle cartrige, they shuld have way more recoil. The other problem is, that you can basically slap these “not” assault rifles on every single soldier you have. The FG 42 is a bit balanced by the small mags and litle ammo supply and the russian ones have often more recoil. But the Hei is just off charts in every way possible.
The other problem is you can have a squad with nine soldiers with two BRs each, at least AR’s are limited to assault troopers meaning max 4/5 a squad. what downside is there to the BR i mean its accurate, powerful, with good range and rate of fire, the only thing you need to add it the ability to kill tanks , almost forgot they have a sniper version, it is just busted and if that is not bad enough the us does not have one.